I have a PC laptop, a Droid RAZR Maxx phone, and i just got an IPad 4 (please know I had tried typing small I several times but it keeps overriding it, even saying iPad). I'm going to keep the iPad, I think, because what i like so far has outweighed the dislikes.
But swype is awesome! Especially for quick responses, and one handed typing. Sometimes with the iPad, I feel like I'm back in the Handheld Stone Age holding it w one hand and poking away w my index finger. Swype, meanwhile, especially the latest version, allows a seamless transition between swiping and traditional typing regardless of App.
Apple should really do something about it. That one comment about how it's nuances' "fault" is, no offense, off track. I am pretty sure that Nuance, like all companies, Likes money. I think Apple just doesn't want to admit swype is a superior experience in some user situations, to the detriment of their highly loyal users/followers/rabid cultists, etc.
Similarly, the comment that Apple's security is SO good, and that's why is also off base. Swype is resident and poses as much of a security risk as hitting the Cap key in regular use.
What I've noticed is that Apple people have become like a political party, and won't countenance any thoughts that question the way Apple works. (Which is not how Steve jobs was, coincidentally.)
I've evolved to become intensely politically independent. Partly this is because to me, most followers of either political spends all their time denigrating the other party, and zero time focusing on their own party's flaws. To me, it's like trying to stop a crime wave (e.g. Massive debt, etc.) by just focusing on half the criminals.
UNLIKE political parties, however, Apple is an amazing company, and so are many other technology companies. Everyone gets Apples controlled, closed source thing, however, there are ways to make the experience better, and Swype is probably the most basic offering. Plus from a business standpoint, I think it can make them truly crush th
